What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Counselor position at Great Salt Plains Health Center?
GSP Health is looking for a Behavioral Health Therapist at our Enid location.
We Offer
Qualifications
Characteristic Activities:
We Offer
- 100% premiums paid for employee insurance, 70% premium paid for dependents
- 100% paid Basic Life & LTD
- Retirement Matching
- Paid Time Off
- CME
Qualifications
- Graduate of a formally accredited school with a minimum degree of Master of Science.
- Must be fully licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Behavioral Health.
- Interest and/or experience in collaboration with interdisciplinary health teams.
- Possesses counseling skills at a high level of competency.
- Possesses an Oklahoma LPC, LMFT, or LADC license.
Characteristic Activities:
- Participates in the provision of behavioral health patient care, including intake assessments, treatment planning, therapy services, discharge, and referral services.
- Assume responsibility for the mental health services, and maintenance of patient records, for their assigned GSPHC patients.
- Participates in the coordination of community agencies and/or resources in providing continuity of care.
- Participates in the continuing education provided by or with the other behavioral health staff, and other GSPHC providers as requested.
- Provides individual, marital, family, and group therapy services.
- Consults with other GSPHC providers when patient care requires collaboration and integrated care.
- Participates appropriately in health center staff activities.
- Attends all monthly Behavioral Health Team meetings, participating in collaborative professional consultations and didactic trainings.
- Implements all GSPHC policies and procedures to ensure compliance with existing standards, practices, and funding sources regulations.
- Participates in obtaining required continuing education.
- Establish positive patient rapport while obtaining all required biopsychosocial information to produce initial intake assessment.
- Obtain patient signatures required for the Informed Consent to Treatment form and any necessary PHI Release of Information Requests.
- Establish an informed diagnosis and patient treatment plan utilizing established best practices.
- Manage patient crisis situations based on established policies and procedures, and according to ethical practices.
- Makes appropriate referrals to other resources when needed.
- Determine, in collaboration with the patient, when therapy goals have been met and termination of therapy services appropriate.
- Participate in clinical audits.
- Maintain required patient information in patient’s electronic records, accurately and within the expected time frame.
- Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein or as assigned by the Director of Behavioral Health.